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SRLN Releases Resource Guide The Self-Represented Litigation Network (SRLN) has released Serving Self-Represented Litigants Remotely: A Resource Guide, which describes the business practices and technology used. read more

New Virginia Judicial System Court Self-Help website releasedThe Supreme Court of Virginia has published a new resource for self-represented litigants.read more

Proposed Rule Changes on UnbundlingThe Arkansas Access to Justice Commission is soliciting comments from the bench, bar, and public on a set of proposed changes to select rules of civil procedure, professional conduct, and judicial conduct, as well as adoption of a new administrative order.read more

ABA releases survey on self-help centersThe ABA’s Standing Committee on the Delivery of Legal Services has issued "The Self-Help Center Census: A National Survey."read more

NY releases best practices for court help centersThe New York State Courts Help Center has released "Best Practices for Court Help Centers: A Guide for Court Administrators and Help Center Staff." read more

Navigator Snapshot ReportThis preliminary examination of the Navigator Program looks at the program benefits for self-represented litigants who appear in Nonpayment proceedings in the Resolution Part of Housing Court or the Consumer Debt Part of the Civil Court. read more

Welcome to the Center

The Center on Court Access to Justice for All helps judges and courts advance access to justice, especially for poor and low-income individuals, by offering resources on 15 strategies and technical assistance.

It works closely with the Conference of Chief Justices, the Conference of State Court Administrators and other national court organizations to implement access-to-justice solutions.

Announcements

A new study found that tenants facing eviction in New York City were able to get significantly better results under an innovative program that uses “court navigators,” who are not lawyers. The program seeks to address a considerable imbalance in legal representation, since, at the time of the study, approximately 90 percent of tenants did not have a lawyer, while the vast majority of landlords did. The study was conducted by researchers from the American Bar Foundation and the National Center for State Courts and funded by the Public Welfare Foundation. The executive summary and the full report can be found here.

New Access to Justice effort announced! The Justice For All project aims to support efforts by the states to include all relevant stakeholders in the civil justice community in a partnership to better understand, adopt, and move toward implementation of CCJ/COSCA Resolution 5 (Meaningful Access to Justice for All). The project also seeks to enhance states’ commitment to reimagining how to work across organizational boundaries and optimize all available resources to advance access to justice for all. Click here for additional information about the project.

The following resolution was adopted by the Conference of Chief Justices and the Conference of State Court Administrators at the 2015 Annual Meeting:

September 2014. Read thePublic Welfare Foundation articlemarking the 40th Anniversary of the Legal Services Corporation (LSC). While the civil legal aid movement has made great strides it continues to face enormous challenges.

The following Resolutions related to Access to Justice were adopted by the Conference of Chief Justices and the Conference of State Court Administrators at the 2013 Annual Meeting on July 31, 2013: